Now is when the going gets tough. “Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” I Thess. 5:11.

College Talk . . .

Changes in College Admission Tests:

• ACT to More Toward Computer-Based Testing (New York Times) by 2015. “The computer-administered ACT will, for the first time, move beyond fill-in-the-bubble multiple-choice questions, with some optional items in which students perform virtual tasks to reach their answer. For example, Mr. Erickson said, one science question shows four beakers of chemicals, and lets students manipulate the items, pouring one beaker into another to monitor changes in density. Students might then be asked to predict the order of the layers if all four chemicals were poured into the same beaker. “We think these constructed-response items will allow students to get much more engaged and enthusiastic about what they’re doing,” he said”. For entire article, see http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/education/act-to-move-toward-computer-based-testing.html?_r=0

• A New SAT (Inside Higher ED) – “In a letter sent to College Board members, David Coleman, the board's new president, said: "We will develop an assessment that mirrors the work that students will do in college so that they will practice the work they need to do to complete college. An improved SAT will strongly focus on the core knowledge and skills that evidence shows are most important to prepare students for the rigors of college and career”. For entire article, read http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/27/college-board-announces-plans-redesign-sat#ixzz2TJ79gMsn 
  

Exam Week
The SOL exams will be May 21-23, and a makeup exam day will be Friday, May 24. The SOL exam schedule is posted on the SOL webpage under resources: http://www.regents-austin.com/page.cfm?p=1055. The students will receive a hard copy of the exam schedule as well. Each student will need to be picked up at 11:15 each day after exams are over. No SOL student will be allowed to remain on campus after exams.

Lost and Found
The lost and found for the year will be set out next week during finals for students to locate missing items. All items not claimed will be donated.